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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2008
Charles C. Marks, Springfield, OH (US);
Charles C. Marks, Springfield, OH (US);
Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A grommet and/or plug installation device and associated installation method. The device includes a head portion that is adapted to releasably retain a grommet and/or plug. The head is preferably connected to a handle that is grasped by a user during the grommet/plug installation process. The grommet or plug is retained on the head with less of a retention force than will be exhibited between the grommet or plug and an associated opening to which the grommet or plug is inserted. As such, a grommet or plug will remain in an associated opening after insertion thereto, and the device of the present invention used to install the grommet or plug may be withdrawn.